Welcome to the APPLE Project's Web site. APPLE Paperwork Project is an older adult
outreach program of the Department of Human Environmental Studies in the College of Health and Human Services at Southeast
Missouri State University.

Helping Senior Citizens with paperworkA free service provided to Cape, Perry, Scott and Bollinger County residents age 60
and older.

Project Mission: The APPLE Project is a comprehensive paperwork service which supports the independence
of senior adults by providing persons age 60 and older with counseling, advocacy,
education and direct assistance with their paperwork needs. The service includes,
but is not limited to:

Medicare and Supplemental

Health Care Insurance

Long-Term Care Insurance

Advance Directives

Prescription Assistance

Simple Tax Returns

Property Tax Credit

Credit and Billing Issues

Financial Record-Keeping

Applications for Assistance

Consumer Fraud

Low Vision Resources

Project Development: The APPLE Project began in 1994 as a program of the Department of Human Environmental
Studies in the College of Health and Human Services at Southeast Missouri State University.
Grants from the Senior Citizens’ Services Fund Board of Cape Girardeau County, Aging
Matters, Southeast Missouri United Way and Missouri Foundation for Health, and client
donations fund the Project.

Program Outreach: The APPLE Project provides services at a variety of community sites, which are convenient
and familiar to senior adults. These include the Project’s office, senior citizen
centers, residential complexes and satellite sites in selected rural communities.
Home visits are made to the homebound. The Project’s services are publicized through
brochures, newspaper articles, senior center and nutrition site schedules, local human
service agencies, the CLAIM program and presentations to community organizations.